Coachella 2012

This past weekend concluded the first of two weekends of The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival or “Coachella” for short. This is the first year that the annual festival is offering two separate weekends boasting the same line-ups. Fans will be gathering this upcoming weekend, April 20-23, to Coachella: Part 2.

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Attendees on Friday were treated to a variety of artists including rock-duo The Black Keys. The performance was a mix their albums ‘Brothers’ and the recent release ‘El Camino’. For those that wanted to dance their electronic hearts out, the Swedish House Mafia treated fans to an audio/visual experience to close out night one.

Saturday provided a long day of musical acts the boasted beautiful performances by The Shins and Bon Iver. In particular, Bon Iver’s performance was one the most moving live performances of the weekend. To top it all off, international superstar Radiohead capped Saturday with a percussive performance on the main stage.

Sunday was packed with stellar performances including Florence + The Machine, The Hives and At The Drive-In. The headlining performance of the day was Snoop Dog and Dr. Dre. The classic hiphop duo took the stage to thunderous cheering from the main stage crowd. During their performance, Eminem, 50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa, and a hologram Tupac made guest appearances.

In addition to those in attendance, Coachella provided a live stream of the festival that was hosted by YouTube. On Coachella’s channel, they offered 3 different channels to choose from. Each channel featured a different stage. Also, the stream was visually appealing on a cinematography standpoint with great camera quality and amazing angles.

Tens of thousands of fans flocked to the Empiro Polo Club for the Coachella experience. This weekend Coachella gears up to do it all again.

Don’t have a ticket? Tune in to the stream this weekend!